Breakdown of oneul san gyeongchineun eottae?
오늘oneul
today
산san
mountain
경치gyeongchi
the scenery
어떻다eotteohda
to be how; what ... is like
Questions & Answers about oneul san gyeongchineun eottae?
What is the sentence structure of 오늘 산 경치는 어때?
A natural breakdown is:
- 오늘 = today
- 산 경치 = mountain scenery / the view in the mountains
- 경치는 = as for the scenery... because -는 is the topic marker
- 어때? = how is it? / what’s it like?
So the sentence is basically:
Today, as for the mountain scenery, how is it?
In natural English, that becomes something like How’s the mountain scenery today?
Why is there no particle after 오늘?
That is very common in Korean. Time words like 오늘, 어제, 내일, 지금 often appear without any particle.
So:
- 오늘 산 경치는 어때? = perfectly natural
- 오늘은 산 경치는 어때? = also possible, but now 오늘은 adds contrast, like What about today, then?
Also, learners often wonder about 에, but 오늘에 is not used in normal Korean. For basic time expressions like today, tomorrow, and yesterday, Korean usually just uses the word by itself.
Why is it 산 경치 and not 산의 경치?